Striking art direction and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Unique setting, amazing art direction, great enemy design in both lore and gameplay, and super tight combat loop.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Valor Mortis
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Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%One More Level2026Souls-like · RPG · Action
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A stylish first-person Soulslike with satisfying parry combat and a fresh Napoleonic setting, but hitboxes, bugs and stutter hurt it. Skip it if you want polish or enemy variety.
Great for
Soulslike and Dishonored fans who want a short, atmospheric first-person parry-focused adventure at a modest price
Main risk
Inconsistent hitboxes, bugs, crashes and stutter undermine the parry-based combat
Since the last analysis (Oct 13)
Notable change
- New complaintPerformance problems and stutter (#2)
- New complaintStamina limits and clunky, impactless combat (#4)
- New complaintGetting stuck in geometry and falling through the map (#5)
- New complaintLimited enemy and weapon variety, repetitive (#6)
- New praiseStriking art direction and atmosphere (#1)
- New praiseSatisfying first-person parry combat (#2)
- New praiseGood level design and exploration (#3)
- New praiseGood value for the price (#4)
- New praiseUnique Napoleonic alt-history setting and story (#5)
- New praiseFair, forgiving Soulslike design (#6)
- Complaint goneStutter, low fps and shader compilation
- Complaint goneStamina runs out too fast
- Complaint goneNo controller remapping or toggle sprint
- Complaint goneWeak impact and clunky hitboxes
- Praise goneFresh first-person souls-like hybrid
- Praise goneUnusual Napoleonic setting and atmosphere
- Praise goneAcceptable optimization for many
- Praise goneLow price
- Complaint movedCrashes and game-breaking bugs: #6 → #1
- Complaint movedInconsistent hitboxes and unreadable attacks: #2 → #3
What players love
Satisfying first-person parry combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Combat feels satisfying, visceral and smooth. I especially love how satisfying parrying feels”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Good level design and exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The map design is breathtaking, and the exploration is truly immersive—absolutely fantastic!”
Steam review · 26.2 h played ↗
Good value for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Insane value for money. This game is so much better than a lot of the AAA slop that is marketed at £80.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Unique Napoleonic alt-history setting and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This game is set in an alternate history in 1815 where Napoleon actually won at Waterloo.”
Steam review · 37.1 h played ↗
Fair, forgiving Soulslike design
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“no boss runbacks, checkpoints are frequent, you can PAUSE THE GAME, all mechanics are clearly explained”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and game-breaking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the game consistently crashes and has only ever had this behavior at this stage of the game and i mean it is Consistent”
Steam review · 28.8 h played ↗
Performance problems and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“each time I reach a new area the game would start stuttering like crazy and then it just started crashing all the time”
Steam review · 18.7 h played ↗
Inconsistent hitboxes and unreadable attacks
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the biggest and most frustrating thing is the completely nonsensical player hitbox and it fundamentally puts an huge damper on the entire game.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Stamina limits and clunky, impactless combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Failing to parry also drains your stamina immensely and youre already limited to about 4 swings per stamina bar”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Getting stuck in geometry and falling through the map
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The worst part in the game that you always stuck in texture, fighting with someone trying to dodge stuck in texture can't do nothing”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
Limited enemy and weapon variety, repetitive
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“This game has a grand total of 3 ranged weapons, 3 Melee Weapons and 3 spells”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support60 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorRyzen 5 3600 / Core i5-10600K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 5600 XT / GTX 1660Ti
Storage60 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorRyzen 7 5800X / Core i5-13400
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 6800 / RTX 3070
Storage60 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorRyzen 5 3600 / Core i5-10600K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 5600 XT / GTX 1660Ti
Storage60 GB available space
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